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What is the Genomics England Research Network?
A network of approved researchers with access to the Genomics England Research Environment. This secure workspace provides a place to carry out research on de-identified datasets in the National Genomics Research Library, gaining novel disease and patient-related insights.
The aim is to enable scientific discovery and accelerate its translation into patient care.
Who can join:
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Academic researchers (worldwide)
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Clinicians (worldwide)
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Students and post-doctoral researchers within relevant areas of study (worldwide)
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Charities and government departments that carry out significant research
Our mission
Improve patients' lives
Increase the medical impact on patients by advancing secure, shared access to relevant genomic data between researchers and clinicians.
The Research Network and its communities
Our Research Network is organised into ‘communities'. These communities consist of researchers, NHS clinical disease experts, NHS healthcare professionals and trainees that that share mutual methodological approaches and research goals. When you join, you'll be asked to join the communities that are most relevant to your work.
The Research Network
Researchers and clinicians, from both academia and the NHS, are working together to continually analyse data from the Genomics England datasets with the aim of creating better clinical understanding and better patient outcomes.
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Genomics England Clinical Interpretation Partnership (GECIP) rules
Expectations of Research Network members (formerly GECIP members)
There are expectations of members of the Research Network that go beyond data access and analysis. These include:
Contribution to the knowledge base for genome interpretation (for example via PanelApp)
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Active and effective collaboration within your research community and with other communities
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Expert assistance in genome interpretation to improve diagnostic yield for NHS Genomic Medicine Centres (GMCs)
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Contribution to training within your community where needed
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Contribution to the ongoing management and administration of the research community where requested
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Other activities in line with the provisions of the GECIP Rules* (*These will be updated with the Research Network Code of Conduct imminently)
Areas of focus
Cancer 2.0
Our initiative to integrate long-read sequencing technology and multimodal…
Diverse Data
Working in collaboration with researchers and the NHS, our Diverse Data…
100,000 Genomes Project
Information on the 100,000 Genomes Project, including an overview of the…
COVID-19 Study
Read about our partnership with the GenOMICC consortium, led by the…
